Odisha

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with fellow central cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan, offered prayers at the Jagannath Temple in Puri on Thursday. The Union Ministers were also accompanied to the popular shrine by the BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra. According to an official release, the Union Ministers have multiple important events in […]

As many as 57 railway stations in Odisha have been identified to undergo a major makeover under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the East Coast Railway said in a release Tuesday. The stations are Angul, Badampahar, Balangir, Balasore, Balugaon, Barbil, Bargarh Road, Baripada, Barpali, Belpahar, Betnoti, Bhadrak, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Bimlagarh, Brahmapur, Brajrajnagar, Chatrapur, […]

 Odisha has experienced widespread rainfall in the last 24 hours. Binika in Sonepur district recorded highest rainfall of 165.2 mm and Dhankauda in Sambalpur 155.5 mm. Jujumara in Sambalpur has received 136 mm of rainfall. IMD Bhubaneswar said, “Odisha experienced widespread rainfall in last 24 hours. Binika in Sonepur district recorded highest rainfall of 165.2 mm and Dhankauda in Sambalpur 155.5 mm. […]

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday reviewed district-level public grievance redressal programmes conducted by the Chief Minister’s Office at the district levels. More than 18,000 petitions have been received from various districts. Chief Secretary PK Jena apprised the Chief Minister on the action being taken on the petitions received from the public during the […]

Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) said that high instances of power outages in Odisha were because the electricity supply networks were damaged due to the Nor’wester. A nor’wester, also known as Kalbaisakhi, is a violent thunderstorm in the Gangetic plains of India. These localised events are usually correlated with thunderstorms, strong […]

A 10-member CBI team reached the site of train accident in Odisha’s Balasore on Tuesday as part of its investigations into the tragedy that took place on June 2 and resulted in death of 275 people. The CBI is probing the accident that involved two passenger and a goods train. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said […]

Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express train crossed the restored railway track in Odisha’s Balasore on Monday hours after the passenger train services were resumed in the district. The train services were affected in Balasore after the Odisha triple train accident which took place around 7 pm on June 2 near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km […]

Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Bishweswar Tudu on Sunday expressed grief over the Balasore train accident that claimed at least 275 lives and said that till all the passengers are sent home safely, three Union ministers including Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw will be camping in Odisha. “I had heard of minor train derailments […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached Odisha’s Balasore in the wake of accident involving three trains in which 261 people lost their lives and described it “biggest railway accident of 21st century”. According to Railways, the three-way accident on Friday evening has led to 261 deaths. The injured have […]